Platinum End Tome 9
Extraits
Littérature française
L'ANNALISTIQUE ROMAINE 2 ANNALISTIQUE MOYENNE FRAGMENTS
L'annalistique, terme forgé par les modernes, désigne cette forme, bien latine, d'historiographie littéraire en prose, qui s'attachait au récit, année par année, du passé de Rome. Ce type de chronologie le distingue notamment des Historiae. Même si nous n'en possédons plus que des fragments, ce genre fut particulièrement fécond tout au long de l'Antiquité romaine. Par conséquent, on peut distinguer plusieurs types d'annalistique : à l'annalistique romaine, prévalant jusqu'à la révolution gracchienne, écrite par des hommes d'Etat et pour un public restreint, averti et exigeant, s'oppose l'annalistique récente écrite pour un public vaste et friand de sensationnel. A cette première distinction s'en ajoute une seconde, linguistique : les premiers auteurs, tels Fabius Pictor ou Aelius écrivent en grec, à la différence de leurs successeurs. Notre édition reprend cette division en présentant en trois volumes les fragments de L'Annalistique romaine : le tome I regroupe les textes, en langue grecque, de l'annalistique ancienne. Le tome II rassemble les annales de langue latine entre 150 avant J.-C. et le début du premier siècle avant J.-C., avec des auteurs comme Cassius Hemina. Enfin, le tome III s'intéresse à l'annalistique récente, dont Claudius Quadrigarius, C. Licina et Aelius Tubero sont les thuriféraires. Ces fragments sont en outre assortis des fragments relatifs à l'autobiographie politique, autre genre apparenté à l'histoire et caractéristique des Romains. La riche introduction du Tome I propose une étude approfondie du genre de l'annalistique, de son évolution, comme de ses caractéristiques, tandis que l'histoire de la tradition manuscrite est relatée en détails. Chaque volume contient une brève introduction présentant la période, les auteurs ainsi que les fragments. Des notes accompagnent la lecture, et sont développées, en fin d'ouvrage, par des notes complémentaires. Les trois tomes sont en outre assortis d'un tableau de concordance, d'un Index Testimonium et d'un Index Nominum. Texte établi et traduit par Martine Chassignet. Tome I : Les Annales des Pontifes. L'annalistique ancienne. Tome II : L'Annalistique moyenne (fragments). Tome III : L'Annalistique récente. L'autobiographie politique.
01/1999
Livres 0-3 ans
The discovery of magic
Queen Vispa and King Dungammei are the beloved rulers of their respective kingdoms. The two territories live in harmony, sharing a temple that crosses their mutual border, but they pray to different gods and have little in common outside of geography. The monarchs seem an unlikely pair, but when each violates the rules of the temple - one by entering the temple as a woman, and the other by praying to the other kingdom's god - both find themselves abandoned by their people, deciding soon after to declare the approval and presence of both gods in their hearts, as well as their love for each other. The King and Queen's subjects also abandon the shared temple, leaving it to the disobedient pair and building separate temples in their own territories. The monarchs' happy life together is, however, short-lived, as Queen Vispa dies upon giving birth to their child Delarai. The King is urged to repent and return to his kingdom. He complies, leaving princess Delarai with Magi, a nurse from a remote village, to raise her. Delarai rows up in near isolation, far from other people, spending most of her time among flowers and animals of the beautiful temple garden. Meanwhile, battles rage between the two kingdoms following the King's return. Delaware, a son begotten to the King and his next wife, gets badly wounded some years later in an attempt to stop the fighting. On his deathbed, the Prince insists on being taken to the forbidden temple to be buried there. The King, though ill himself, agrees to fulfill his son's dying wish. It is there where Delarai, having become quite an expert at herbal remedies, comes to their aid, preparing a special potion while praying to the temple's two gods in her nurse Magi's native language. As Delarai completes the life-saving act of curing the Prince, she tries to call for Magi, but the word that leaves her lips is "magic". Those who witness the event soon spread the word, and Delarai becomes recognized across both kingdoms as the creator of magic. The King, however, succumbs to old age, imparting his last kernel of wisdom unto his daughter : the two temple gods are one and the same. With this knowledge and their newfound inner strength, Delarai and Delaware unify the two kingdoms, and live happily ever after.
09/2021
Histoire ancienne
Rock and Ritual
This book is the outcome of the analysis and discussion of the links between ritual practices and some natural spaces, particularly caves, but also rockshelters and stones. The articles gathered in this volume show very diverse contexts and researches, mainly from Bronze Age to Roman times. They offer new perspectives about religious landscapes as well as the role of these spaces in territorial organisation. Several contributions try to reconstruct ritual movements, regulated religious itineraries and social practices, whereas others focus on the circulation inside caves and rockshelters, considering the multi-sensoriality of these natural spaces, linked also with the material offerings. Rock & Ritual volume is another evidence of the complexity and variability of ritual practices linked to natural spaces.
04/2022
Guides pratiques
Walking in the aosta valley
Italy's Aosta Valley boasts stunning mountain scenery, with trails and outdoor activities to suit most preferences and abilities. This guide presents a selection of 32 routes, from short leisurely walks to longer, more strenuous hikes, from scrambles to via ferrata and protected routes bordering on mountaineering. A handful of local trail runs and other via ferrata are also summarised in brief. There are walks to the ancient fortress of Forte di Bard and the world-famous Grand St Bernard Monastery, ascents of some of the region's most alluring peaks and overnights in welcoming mountain refuges : Other highlights include insights into. the valley's fascinating history and opportunities to enjoy delicious local cuisine.
06/2022
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Exercices corrigés de Physique - 1 - Mécanique/Electricité - PCEM/Deug B
Diffusion Ellipses. L'ouvrage se présente en 2 tomes : - tome 1 : exercices corrigés de mécanique et électricité (principes, interactions, fluides) et électricité (courants continu et alternatif). - tome 2 : exercices corrigés de thermodynamique et optique : principe de la thermodynamique et quelques applications, phénomènes de transport, phénomène de propagation (notamment en optique et acoustique). L'ouvrage est complété par un livre de cours en 2 volumes publié par les même auteurs.
11/1998
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Exercices de Physique - 2 - Thermodynamique/Optique - PCEM/Deug B
Diffusion Ellipses. L'ouvrage se présente en 2 tomes : - tome 1 : exercices corrigés de mécanique et électricité (principes, interactions, fluides) et électricité (courants continu et alternatif). - tome 2 : exercices corrigés de thermodynamique et optique : principe de la thermodynamique et quelques applications, phénomènes de transport, phénomène de propagation (notamment en optique et acoustique). L'ouvrage est complété par un livre de cours en 2 volumes publié par les même auteurs.
11/1998
Histoire de France
Normandy 1944
This book is the fruit of forty years of contact with military and civilian witnesses, now almost all gone, of research, analyses and descriptions of several thousands of photographs about the Landings and the Battle of Normandy. This book is the best synthesis, day by day, from 6 June to 30 August, with a clear narrative, an exceptional report illustrated with the best photographs (470), 22 armour and aircraft profiles and above all, 79 maps enabling the reader to follow this very complex battle more easily. The documentation, unique in the world, will allow you to discover one of the greatest pages of history, and to travel through Normandy, and find those moments when you go back in time thanks to the narratives and the photographs.
07/2018
Guides pratiques
Tajikistan
With its bounty of wildflower meadows, bubbling hot springs and mountains that beg to be climbed, Tajikistan is an outdoor lover's wonderland. Its high plateaus and unforgiving peaks harbour a bewildering array of flora and fauna, including the famed Marco Polo sheep and even rarer snow leopard. But its history and culture are just as rich as its landscape, home to Silk Road forts, a Sleeping Buddha and the last speakers of the Sogdian language, not to mention ancient Panjakent - cited by many as "the Pompeii of central Asia". Comprehensively updated for this third edition and now in ful colour, Bradt's Tajikistan is packed with practical advice and local detail, making it an essential handbook for any visitor.
02/2021
Histoire de France
CRASH IN BAYEUX - The Last Flight of Sergeant Ferguson
Normandy, France, January 15, 1943. The weather is clear, the sun is shining. Two Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft fly over the Bayeux-Caen railroad. The target is a German freight train - and its locomotive. Aboard the first Spitfire, Sergeant Ferguson is aligning his gun sights on the target. It is 02 : 30 p. m. This will be his very last flight... HARASSING THE OCCUPYING FORCES TO PREPARE THE INVASION The RAF and RCAF had been flying hundreds of similar sorties over France for months, in order to weaken the German forces, particularly the Luftwaffe. The pilots of No. 401 Squadron were among those who took part in this patient work, made up of constant patrols and attacks. Among the 63 men mentioned in this book, 25 were killed in action between 1942 and 1944. A CRASH THAT AWOKE THE SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE Touched by William Ferguson's sacrifice, some French citizens decided to bury the young Canadian flier with dignity, honour and respect. The Germans took this as a provocation. A few weeks later, the Sipo-SD (the "Gestapo") arrested a dozen of them. They were sent to concentration camps - some of them later died in Büchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen. Others did survive, including Paul Le Caër. He is the one who has supported the author and told him what happened. Today, he is signing the preface of this book. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONIES Based on an in-depth analysis of unpublished documents, including the Fergusons' archives and No. 401 Squadron Operation Record Book, this work depicts the very last flight of the young Canadian pilot in detail. With a striking truthfulness, you will relive the squadron's daily life, the faith of the pilots, as well as the beginning of the sortie and "Bill" Ferguson's last minutes. FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND EMOTION A young and talented historian involved in the field of remembrance in Normandy, François Oxéant has spent over five years fitting the pieces of the puzzle together. This book will help you discover all aspects of his fascinating investigation with a methodical and rigorous approach. He has met some of the last witnesses of the events and has been in touch with the pilot's family for a few years, making us share his emotion and admiration for Bill, who was barely younger than himself.
09/2014
Non classé
In Another Tongue
This collection of essays brings together some of the most perceptive of Devy's essays on Indian English Literature, literary criticism, translation theory and Commonwealth criticism. They offer a historical perspective on the literary culture of Indian literature written in English. The areas of Indian English literature discussed in this volume range from fiction, poetry, criticism to travelogue, autobiography and translation. It pays special attention to literary historiography and literary criticism.
06/1993
Sciences politiques
The Transmission of Well-Being
What does well-being mean when we talk about men and women in the past ? Their sheer chances of survival, their protection from want, their social status, their individual agency and their self-esteem were all strongly mediated by the family, the predominant social institution. Family laws and customs of family formation created differences between insiders and outsiders in terms of well-being. Within families, there were strong differences in autonomy, status and freedom between the genders and generations. The book offers a fascinating exploration of gender differences in well-being in many regions of historic Europe, with some comparative perspectives. It explores how historic family systems differed with respect to choosing a marriage partner, transmitting property, living and care conditions of widows and widowers and the position of children born out of wedlock.
10/2009
Rhône-Alpes
Un Grand Week-end. Drôme
Un Grand Week-End, c'est la collection super pratique pour un séjour de 3, 4, 5... ou même 7 jours, à organiser selon vos envies ! Dans notre guide sur la Drôme, nous vous donnons toutes les clés pour vivre : - Un week-end autour de Valence, - Un week-end dans le Vercors, - Un week-end dans la Drôme Provençale, - et un week-end dans les Baronnies provençales. Découvrez nos randonnées, châteaux, villages, étapes gourmandes et activités en plein air pour rendre votre séjour unique, que vous partiez seul, entre amis ou en famille !
Monographies
Listening to What You See. Selected Contributions on Dutch Art, Edition
Ce volume rassemble plus de 25 essais érudits, critiques et contributions plus courtes de Peter Hecht, précédés d'une introduction sur ce que, selon lui, sa vie dans l'histoire de l'art lui a enseigné. Le titre indique ce que les documents qu'il a rassemblés ont en commun : ensemble, ils représentent la manière d'écouter ce que l'on voit. Hecht se méfie d'appliquer une méthode et pense qu'il est essentiel d'observer une image jusqu'à ce qu'elle nous parle pour pouvoir la comprendre. D'ailleurs, il a beaucoup oeuvré pour prouver qu'il ne suffit pas de simplement étudier le sujet d'une image en tant que tradition iconographique mais qu'on devrait également l'étudier au sein de l'oeuvre complète de l'artiste qui l'a faite. Hecht's attitude has supplemented and corrected the iconological approach to Dutch seventeenth-century painting, and some of his best-known critical papers are included here. So are a few contributions on the changing taste for specific kinds of Dutch painting and an iconographical study that brought to light the subject of one of Rembrandt's most ambitious early works, which had remained unrecognized ever since it was discovered in1924. Its composition had always been misread, and it was again a matter of listening to what you see before its subject could be identified. Apart from a few scholarly reviews, Listening to what you see also contains a sample of Hecht's writings for the public at large. Defending public art collections, showing what art can mean in times of crisis when it is not accessible, as was the case when Covid forced the museums to shut down, and talking about what art may do for us - provided that we listen. The volume ends with a personal musing on a picture by P. C. Wonder and a tribute to Charles Donker, the outstanding print maker
03/2024
Science-fiction
Dôme Tome 2
Un matin d'automne, la petite ville de Chester Mill, dans le Maine, est inexplicablement et brutalement isolée du reste du monde par un champ de force invisible. Personne ne comprend ce qu'est ce dôme transparent, d'où il vient et quand - ou si - il finira par disparaître. L'armée semble impuissante à ouvrir un passage tandis que les ressources à l'intérieur se raréfient. Jim Rennie, premier adjoint de Chester Mill, voit tout de suite le bénéfice qu'il peut tirer de la situation, lui qui a toujours rêvé de mettre la ville sous sa coupe. Un nouvel ordre social régi par la terreur s'installe et la résistance s'organise autour de Dale Barbara, vétéran d'Irak et chef cuistot fraîchement débarqué en ville...
03/2013
Science-fiction
Dôme Tome 1
Un matin d'automne, la petite ville de Chester Mill, dans le Maine, est inexplicablement et brutalement isolée du reste du monde par un champ de force invisible. Personne ne comprend ce qu'est ce dôme transparent, d'où il vient et quand - ou si - il partira. L'armée semble impuissante à ouvrir un passage tandis que les ressources à l'intérieur de Chester Mill se raréfient. Jim Rennie, premier adjoint de Chester Mill, voit tout de suite le bénéfice qu'il peut tirer de la situation, lui qui a toujours rêvé de mettre la ville sous sa coupe. Un nouvel ordre social régi par la terreur s'installe et la résistance s'organise autour de Dale Barbara, vétéran d'Irak et chef cuistot fraîchement débarqué en ville.
03/2013
BD tout public
Tomoë Tome 2
Aux portes de Kyoto, l'armée du seigneur Yamana avec ses 80 000 samouraïs fait face à celle du seigneur Hosokawa. En coulisse, le pirate Yoshinaka complote pour tirer parti de la guerre et prendre la place du Shogun. Pour accomplir ce prodige, il manipule sa jeune épouse Tomoë, descendante de la légendaire guerrière et déesse de l'eau. Tomoë hait son mari autant qu'elle aime Oda, le fils du pirate, d'un amour impossible. Elle rêve de se venger, mais elle sait qu'elle ne pourra réussir que si elle aide Yoshinaka à accomplir ce qu'il croit être son destin.
04/2018
Beaux arts
Italian Maiolica and Other Early Modern Ceramics in the Courtauld Gallery
This is the first catalogue of the collection of early modern ceramics in the Courtauld. The pieces in the collection showcase brilliantly the skill of potters and pottery painters working at the time of Raphael and Titian. Maiolica is one of the most revealing expressions of Renaissance art. Its extraordinary range of colours retain the vividness that they had when they left the potter's kiln. Italian potters absorbed techniques and shapes from the Islamic world and incorporated ornament and subject matter from the arts of ancient Rome. This new approach to pottery making, combined with the invention of printing, woodcut and engraving, resulted in an extraordinary type of painted pottery, praised by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists for 'surpassing the ancient with its brilliance of glaze and variety of painting'. The collection boasts a magnificent group of vessels made during the high Renaissance, the golden age of Italian maiolica. It includes precious and delicate Deruta lustreware with imagery deriving from Perugino and Raphael, as well as vessels painted in a narrative style of pottery painting known as istoriato. Highlights include vessels depicting episodes taken from the first printed Bibles of the Renaissance. Istoriato maiolica flourished particularly in the lands of the Dukes of Urbino, who promoted this craft by sending painted pottery to prestigious patrons across Europe. Emblems and devices painted on the pottery help us understand that they were meant to be used and enjoyed by the elites in Renaissance society, such as the Medici and other great Tuscan families. The catalogue will include two recent gifts to the Courtauld, a rare tile of the famous patroness of the arts Marchioness Isabella D'Este, and a refined dish painted with the story of Diana and Actaeon. All major Renaissance pottery centres are represented in the collection, including Siena, Faenza and Venice, as well as splendid examples of the mysterious pharmacy jars made at the foot of the mountain of Gran Sasso in the town of Castelli d'Abruzzo. These achievements of the art of pottery in the early modern period are completed by fine examples of Ottoman pottery, as well as examples of Valencian lustreware. Sani's introductory essay on the Victorian collector Thomas Gambier Parry will shed new light on the development of this fascinating collection, making links between Gambier Parry's artistic practice and his collecting and revealing new insights into his taste as a collector. Each detailed entry uncovers a wealth of new information on the provenance of the pieces.
03/2023
Guides pratiques
Val Briard en anglais Carnet 2022 Petit Futé
Do you know the Val Briard ? Probably if you are from the Ile-de-France. If you don't, that's unlucky ! The purpose of this book is to help you discover it. A fertile and largely wooded territory, the Val Briard is home to landscapes, where crops, forests and meadows alternate with streams and ponds. In addition, there are charming villages with medieval houses, listed churches and, in the countryside, romantic romantic farms and castles with their stone and brickwork, half-timber and gazebos. With its 21 communes and 27, 243 inhabitants, the Val Briard is an attractive area offering a high quality of rural life. It is also a green and sparsely urbanised area suitable for gentle tourism, where you can enjoy hiking, pleasant cycling routes and forest paths that are popular among horse riders.
02/2022
Histoire ancienne
THE ROMAN CAVALRY. From the First to the Third Century AD
The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Par Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. They have drawn together evidence from a wide variety of sources: archaeological, epigraphic and literary, as well as comparing ancient testimony with more recent experience of the use of cavalry.
Now available in paperback, the book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman?
The authors provide a comprehensive and unique examination of the Roman cavalry, which includes lavish and original illustrations, drawn by Karen R. Dixon.
01/1992
Histoire antique
Ktèma N° 47/2022
Ce volume propose des approches inédites sur les rapports entre le monde grec et "l'Orient" avant et après les conquêtes d'Alexandre. Ktèma est une revue annuelle de recherche consacrée à l'histoire, l'archéologie et la littérature de la Grèce, de Rome, de l'Egypte et du Proche-Orient antiques. Fondée en 1976 par Edmond Frézouls et Edmond Lévy, elle est publiée par l'Université de Strasbourg. Elle accueille des dossiers thématiques ainsi que des varia qui proposent des articles originaux en français, en anglais, en italien, en allemand et en espagnol. Elle jouit d'une solide réputation internationale et ses articles sont abondamment cités. Ktèma is an annual peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the history, archaeology and literature of the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East. Established in 1976 by Edmond Frézouls and Edmond Lévy, it is published by the University of Strasbourg. Each issue consists of thematic dossiers as well as varia, which offer original articles in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish. It enjoys a solid international reputation, and its articles are widely cited.
12/2022
BD tout public
Corto Maltese en couleur Tome 9 : La jeunesse
1904, Mandchourie. Corto Maltese n'a pas encore 17 ans quand, en pleine guerre russo-japonaise, son ami Jack London lui demande d'aider à fuir un jeune déserteur russe du nom de Raspoutine. Aventurier charmeur et ironique, Corto Maltese - amoureux de sa liberté et des femmes - traverse le monde, toujours en quête d'un trésor caché, d'un ami à sauver, ou d'une cause perdue à défendre.
09/2015
Théâtre
New Territories. Theatre, Drama, and Performance in Post-apartheid South Africa
South African theatre, drama, and performance is a vibrant and rapidly developing area of contemporary theatre studies. In this critical anthology of essays and interviews, some of the world's most respected scholars and practitioners writing and working in the area of South African theatre today share their detailed examinations and insights on the complex and contradictory context of post-apartheid society. Loosely grouped into the categories of Theatre, Drama, and Performance, the essays collected here offer a sampling of work being staged, produced, and written in the country today. The contributors document, contrast, and analyse significant case studies, representing examples from site-specific performance to new South African plays, from traditional indigenous performance practice to the reimagining of Western classics. The anthology takes the year of South Africa's first democratic election, 1994, as its departure point and includes a broad range of topics that capture the current paradigm.
11/1987
Littérature française
Tom, petit Tom, tout petit homme, Tom
Tom a onze ans. Il vit dans un vieux mobil-home déglingué avec Joss, sa mère (plutôt jeune : elle l'a eu à treize ans et demi). Comme Joss aime beaucoup sortir tard le soir, tomber amoureuse et partir en week-end avec ses copains, Tom se retrouve souvent tout seul. Et il doit se débrouiller. Pour manger, il va dans les potagers de ses voisins, pique leurs carottes, leurs pommes de terre... Mais comme il a très peur de se faire prendre et d'être envoyé à la Ddass (c'est Joss qui lui a dit que ça pouvait arriver et qu'elle ne pourrait rien faire pour le récupérer), il fait très attention, efface soigneusement les traces de son passage, replante derrière lui, brouille les pistes. Un soir, en cherchant un nouveau jardin où faire ses courses, il tombe sur Madeleine (quatre-vingt-treize ans), couchée par terre au milieu de ses choux, en train de pleurer, toute seule, sans pouvoir se relever. Elle serait certainement morte, la pauvre vieille, si le petit Tom (petit homme) n'était pas passé par là...
01/2010
guides cyclotourisme
Destinations vélo et rando. 100 façons de s'évader en France
- Des week-ends en France pour une découverte historique, culturelle, gastronomique d'une ville ou d'une région. - 100 idées pour randonner à pied ou à vélo : du Crotoy à Carcassonne, de l'île de Ré à Manosque... 50 destinations de rêve... . - Pour chaque destination : des informations sur l'accessibilité, la présentation du lieu et de ses aspects les plus originaux, les curiosités à ne pas manquer et de bonnes adresses culturelles ou gastronomiques, une balade en vélo sur la journée, une randonnée à pied sur deux jours orienteront votre choix de week-end. - Une véritable invitation pour une évasion en famille ou entre amis.
04/2024
Non classé
Feuchtwanger and Remigration
This volume contains a selection from the proceedings of a conference organised by the International Feuchtwanger Society titled ‘To Stay or not to Stay ? German-speaking Exiles in Southern California after 1945'. The conference, held in September 2011 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and at Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades, explored the decision faced by all German-speaking exiles in Southern California at the end of World War II whether to return to Europe or stay in the United States. The volume opens with an analysis of the experiences of post-1945 remigrants as reflected in a major exile publication, Der Aufbau. Six chapters focus on the particular case of Lion Feuchtwanger, illuminating the circumstances which led him to remain in California after 1945. Subsequent chapters throw fresh light on other members of the German-speaking literary community in California. Studies focusing on remigration from the UK and the Soviet Union widen the discussion, as do chapters on the problems faced by professional musicians exiled in East Asia and in Palestine. The volume concludes with the experience of remigrants in the media and film industry during the early post-war years. Der vorliegende Band enthält ausgewählte Vorträge, die auf der von der Internationalen Feuchtwanger Gesellschaft organisierten Konferenz "Bleiben oder Zurückkehren ? Deutschsprachige Exilanten in Südkalifornien nach 1945" gehalten wurden. Die Konferenz, die im September 2011 an der Universität von Südkalifornien in Los Angeles und in der Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades stattfand, beschäftigte sich mit der weitreichenden Entscheidung, die die deutschsprachigen Exilanten in Südkalifornien nach Ende des zweiten Weltkrieges treffen mussten : Sollten sie nach Europa zurückkehren oder in den Vereinigten Staaten bleiben ? Der Band beginnt mit einer Analyse der in der wichtigen Exil-Publikation Der Aufbau beschriebenen Erfahrungen von Remigranten nach 1945. Sechs Kapitel haben den speziellen Fall Lion Feuchtwangers zum Thema und untersuchen die Umstände, welche zu seiner Entscheidung führten, nach 1945 in Kalifornien zu bleiben. Die darauffolgenden Kapitel erörtern neue Erkenntnisse über andere Mitglieder des deutschsprachigen Literatenkreises in Kalifornien. Untersuchungen zur Remigration aus England und aus der Sowjetunion sowie zu den Problemen exilierter Musiker in Ostasien und Palästina erweitern und ergänzen die Diskussion. Der Band schliesst mit Beiträgen zu den Erfahrungen der Remigranten in den Bereichen Medien und Film im Deutschland der frühen Nachkriegszeit.
05/2013
Monographies
Chu Teh-Chun. In Nebula, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014) est un acteur majeur de la peinture gestuelle abstraite. Né en Chine au sein d'une famille d'amateurs d'art, il est formé à l'Académie des beaux-arts mais subit la guerre sino-japonaise, des tragédies familiales, la disparition quasi totale de ses oeuvres de jeunesse puis l'exil - en 1949 vers Taïwan et en 1955 vers Paris, où il s'installe enfin. C'est dans ce cadre apaisé que son abstraction orageuse voit le jour. Excluant toute géométrie patente, celle-ci est constituée de nébuleuses et autres maelströms polychromes, modelés par de puissants effets de clair-obscur. Atmosphérique et hors échelle, chaque tableau est une matrice où notre vision se projette et s'abîme, nous faisant perdre tout repère spatial ou sémantique. Nourri de peinture tant classique que moderne, tant asiatique qu'occidentale, Chu formule la sensation mnésique du paysage, l'essence dynamique du geste et le surgissement de la lumière. La mise en perspective historique, au gré de parallèles, analogies et autres résonances, nous invite à cerner la singularité d'un régime abstrait sous-tendu par la logique organique du vivant, les formes et les forces de la nature, leurs phénomènes naturels, leur fluidité éruptive et leurs révolutions cosmogoniques. Car Chu s'est longtemps trouvé quelque peu en marge de son époque, en raison peut-être d'une personnalité réservée et d'un rejet de principe de toute stratégie commerciale. L'objet de cette monographie est donc, à l'aune du recul historique et du succès actuel de l'oeuvre, de qualifier certains de ses enjeux esthétiques et d'aider à dissiper quelques malentendus qui ont pu entourer sa réception. Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014) is a major figure in the history of gestural abstract painting. Born in China into a family of art lovers, he trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. Then came the Second Sino-Japanese war, family tragedy, the loss of nearly all his early work, and finally, exile-to Taiwan in 1949, then, in 1955, to Paris, where he settled. This peaceful home witnessed the emergence of his tortured abstraction, devoid of obvious geometry, in which polychrome nebulae and maelstroms clash with violent chiaroscuro effects. Atmospheric, impossible to scale, each painting is an arena into which vision is projected and submerged amid a loss of spatial and semantic bearings. Steeped in painting both classical and modern, Asian and Western, Chu's art recreates the memory of a landscape, the dynamic essence of gesture, and the brilliance of light. This study, by placing his work in its context, using parallels, analogies, and other resonances, focuses on the singularity of his approach to abstraction, underpinned by the organic logic of the living world, by natural phenomena, forms, forces, and by their eruptive fluidity and cosmogonic revolutions. For many years, Chu remained a somewhat marginal figure, perhaps because of his reserved personality and his principled rejection of commercial strategies. Making the most of historical perspective, and in light of the artist's current recognition, this monograph sets out to define some of the aesthetic themes shaping his work and to help dispel some of the misunderstandings that have surrounded its reception.
04/2024
Religion
Infidels, Turks, and Women: The South Slavs in the German Mind, ca. 1400-1600
This study examines the way in which late medieval and early modern Germans envisioned the Balkan Slavic peoples. It deals with mental categories, such as images, perceptions, and attitudes, which the German-speaking subjects of the Holy Empire gradually developed during their increasingly frequent contacts with the Balkans in the period between 1400 and 1600. During that time span the Germans were constructing their own type of negative self-identification that served as a grid through which information about other peoples was processed. The closer definition of that grid and the types of images and attitudes produced by the encounter and bequeathed to modern Germans and, indeed, to the rest of Western Europe is one of the main goals of the book.
07/1997
Philosophie
Food and Agricultural Policies under Structural Adjustment
After more than a decade of experience with structural adjustment programs, the Hohenheim-Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists "Food and Agricultural Policies under Structural Adjustment" brought together researchers and development experts to exchange research results and experiences ; to explore alternative approaches that might be more effective for growth, institutional development and welfare ; and to draw conclusions for food and agricultural policy design. The book consistently emphasizes that appart from agricultural prices non-price factors constitute in many countries the binding constraints to better agricultural performance. Improvements are needed in education, health, social services, transport and rural support institutions. Alleviating such constraints are longterm processes, and success cannot be expected overnight. At the same time, immediate actions are needed to protect the poor against negative effects of structural adjustment measures.
04/1994
Guides pratiques
Zanzibar pemba mafia
With sparkling turquoise seas, palm-fringed beaches and luxury lodges, Zanzibar offers the quintessential Indian Ocean experience. Come here for spectacular diving, rare wildlife and villages steeped in history and tradition. Stroll along powder-white sand, swim with whale sharks in Mafia's marine park, spot giant coconut crabs on Chumbe Island, and encounter turtles on Juani Island. Breathe in the intoxicating aroma of cloves and vanilla an a Kizimbani spice tour or join a local guide in Jambiani for an insight into rural life. Travel : Zanzibar/Afrio Rigorously researched and updated for this tenth edition, Bradt's Zanzibar combines detailed historical and cultural background with in-depth practical advice and includes a dedicated chapter on southern Tanzanian safaris. It's your must-have guide to this alluring archipelago.
05/2022
Beaux arts
The Eastern Portal of the North Transept at Chartres
There exist greater differences of opinion with regard to the content and style of the Eastern Portal of the North Transept than any other transept portal at Chartres. Its archivolts have caused controversy and some remain unidentified. Katzenellenbogen (The Sculptural Programs of Chartres Cathedral) pays little attention to many elements of the portal and hence his interpretation of the portal as "Mariological" does not hold up in light of newly discovered iconographic relationships.
12/1982
